My friend's Mk2 Escort, built in 48-hours (with video)

[BenKoflach]

Built in 48 hours, this is the short videographic tale of my friend's '78 Mk2 Ford Escort 4-door 1300 Ghia.

We did front end paint, undersealing and chassis component stripping/painting, rolled the rear arches, fitted Gaz coilovers and Hi-Spec 4-pot front brakes up front, 3" lowering blocks and Gaz shocks out back, chucked in a freshly rebuilt 1600cc X-flow (originally 1300) and last but not least, 13x8 Minilites with 175/50 Yokohamas stretched over them.

The result as it sat on the ground for the first time? Credit card arch clearance up front and 10mm from the exhaust to the floor.

Here's the video of our build:

http://youtu.be/x6ouTfiSHSM

[AwesomeOne]

that car is too clean

[FRANK_NL]

Verry clean MKII !! Gangster
Great work, in a short time.. respect.

But you should paint the inside of the hood 2 !!

[Ollie]

Thats a really cool car

[Icana4dit]

Wow those wheels are tiny, my lawn tractor has bigger wheels/tires haha

[The Man]

Very sweet car

[jimmybacon]

That is cool as f**k! I want it...

[244Brick]

I've been looking for one of these for a while nice execution!!

[KürBFèéleR]

Wow those wheels are tiny, my lawn tractor has bigger wheels/tires haha

This. Still very cool tho

[HEcreated487]

As a former Escort owner, really love this

[JonnyBoi]

Very nice!!!

[HooWybrow]

That thing is badass. Ive never seen tires like that either haha.

[Dibaltic]

awesome little car!

[BenKoflach]

Thanks for all the good comments - I will pass them on. It's a wicked little car in the flesh, completely undriveable mind you.

Verry clean MKII !! Gangster
Great work, in a short time.. respect.

But you should paint the inside of the hood 2 !!

The inside of the bonnet will come in time - we just didn't have time to do both sides of the bonnet in 48 hours. It needs to rest on one side to dry!

Wow those wheels are tiny, my lawn tractor has bigger wheels/tires haha

Tis the way with Escorts anything other than 13s looks rubbish.

That thing is badass. Ive never seen tires like that either haha.

Yokohama A048 track day tyres - they look really cool though don't suit the daily-theme of the car. Oh well!

[ZombieShark]

I don't like the wheel/tire choice. needs to be bigger